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JACQUES D'ADELSWÄRD-FERSEN (1880-1923)
Le Baiser de Narcisse. Reims: L. Michaud, 1912.
Large quarto, illustrated by Ernest Brisset (1872-1923), limited edition, copy number 77 of 200 (numbered 21-220) printed on Vélin Marais, bound in slightly later half green leather and marbled paper boards; original printed paper covers bound in, tissue guards present; with Brisset's delicate engraved chapter-head vignettes, front and back covers with added color; ex libris Les Escales, with illustrated bookplate to title with shelfmark, the same shelfmark to original limp front cover; later bookplate of Luis de Caralt on ffep; 10 3/4x7 3/4 inches.
Fersen was a French poet and novelist. The Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage declared the home he built in Capri, Villa Lysis, a historical monument in 1989. This work is dedicated to Fersen's long-time partner, Nino Cesarini (1889-1943), who posed for Hocker, Brunelleschi, and Jerace in his youth.
